Harness-trimming



(No Model.)

D. J. REGAN.

HARNESS TBIMMING. No. 390,096. Patented Sept. 25, 1888.

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limiter) STATES DENNIS J. BEGAN, OF AGAWAM, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOLOUIS F. \VHITMAN, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

HARNESS=TRIMMING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,096, datedSeptember 25', 1888.

Application filed February 3, 1888. Serial No. 262,851. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, DENNIS J. REGAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in the town of Agawam, in the county of Hampden and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinHarness-Trimmings, of which the following is a specification. Thisimprovement unites by means of a malleable strap-socket one strap withone or more other straps, and it is especially adapted for use inharness-making.

In the drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification,Figure l is a plan view of a fastening or harness-trimming embodying myinvention, and having one strap fastened thereinto. Fig. 2 is across-sectional view in line a a, Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is an end View of theharnesstrimming before the prong-provided wings are closed down. Fig. 3is a plan view ofmy improvement constructed with two of the malleablestrap-recei vin g sockets. Fig. 4 is an edge view of the same, showingthe sockets not closed down. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section in line I)b, Fig. 3, showing the socket closed for holding the end of a strap.Fig. 6 shows in plan view the improvement constructed with threesockets. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of the form of trimming shown inFig. 6. Fig. 8 illustrates a modified arrange ment of theinwardly-projecting prongs.

Similar characters designate like parts in all the figures.

The ordinary mode of uniting straps in harnesses, as it will beremembered, is by means of a ring, through which the strap is firstpassed, then turned back onto itself, (about two inches, more or less,)and then stitched together.

My improvement is designed as a substitute, wholly or in part, for theold method.

In Fig. 1 the numeral 2 designates a part of a ring or loop, into whicha strap (shown by dotted lines 3) may be secured in any wellknownmanner. On one side of said loop 2, I form a rectangular malleablesocket, B, ofsuitable size to receive oneend of the strap 0. Said sockethas the lower wall, 4, the two edge walls, 5 6, and one or more closablewings, 7 8, provided on their inner surfaces with one or more prongs ordetents, 9, arranged to be embedded into the strap 0, as in Fig. 2. Thenormal form of the trimming, as an article of manufacture and sale (thewhole being cast integral) is shown in Fig. 2, in which the closablewings 7 and 8 are raised on a sufficient incline to permit the strap tohe slid under the depending prongs 9. The article is cast en tire inthis form ready for use.

In Figs 3, 4, and 5 the fastening is shown having two similar sockets, BB, set at right angles to each other and provided with a ring or loop,2, whereto a third strap may be con nected. The details of the twosockets are dcsignat'cd by the same characters,respectively,as in thepreceding figures. Another form having three sockets is shown in Figs. 6and 7, in which the respective sockets are designated by B, B", and B",the latter socket taking the place, substantially, of the loop 2 in Fig.3. The details of each of these sockets are or may be the same as abovedescribed. The prongs 9 are preferably formed on the respective closablewings, but may be formed on the lower wall, 4, as in Fig. 8. The strap G(shown by dotted lines) in this requires to be concaved in order to bepassed in above said prongs.

The improved trimmings above described are made of malleable metalliccastings and are to be marketed, having the closable wings standing opento admit the straps,substantially as shown. In using said articles theharness maker first slips the strap end into the socket, and then with aheavy mallet used in that man ufacture firmly closes down said wingsonto the strap, into which strap, of course, the prongs 9 are thenfirmly embedded. By means of this simple operation the fasteningtogether of the strap and trimming is effected in a brief moment oftime, and in a mere fraction of that required by the old way. The savingof leather 1 also find to be considerable, and more than sufficient towarrant the slightly-increased cost of the improved trimmings over thecost of the plain rings heretofore generally used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- The improvedharness-trimming herein described, it consisting in a loop-providedplate underlying the strap, side walls rising vertically from the edgesof said plate parallel with and contiguous to the edges of said strap,and strain on the strap, said loop being adapted malleable wingsprojecting inwardly and upfor the attachment thereto of a second strap,IO wardly from the upper edges of said side walls all substantially asshown and specified.

and adapted to be closed down onto a strap be- T a tween said walls andon said plate, said wings DENL IS REGAN being provided with a series ofdownwardly- \Vitncsscs:

projecting holding-prongs set in rows length- 1 B. MAYNARD,

wise of the wings and in the direction of the EDWARD MORRIS.

